Issue with installation of powercli in docker - php

Question

I have installed PowerShell on php docker image and now trying to install VMWare PowerCLI
I am getting the following error on line 44
ParserError:
Line |
1 | Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP -Confirm:
| ~
| Parameter -Confirm: requires an argument.
ERROR: Service 'app' failed to build: The command '/bin/sh -c pwsh -c "Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false -Confirm:$false"' returned a non-zero code: 1
Line 44: RUN pwsh -c "Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false -Confirm:$false"
This is my docker file
FROM php:7.4-fpm
# Copy composer.lock and composer.json
COPY composer.lock composer.json /var/www/
# Set working directory
WORKDIR /var/www
# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
build-essential \
libpng-dev \
libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
libfreetype6-dev \
libonig-dev \
locales \
libzip-dev \
zip \
jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle \
vim \
unzip \
git \
curl \
wget \
apt-utils
# Download the Microsoft repository GPG keys
RUN wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/10/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Register the Microsoft repository GPG keys
RUN dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Update the list of products
RUN apt-get update
# Install PowerShell
RUN apt-get install -y powershell
# Start PowerShell
#RUN pwsh
#Install VMWare PowerCLI
RUN pwsh -c "Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser"
RUN pwsh -c "Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false -Confirm:$false"
RUN pwsh -c "Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore"
# Clear cache
RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Install extensions
RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql mbstring zip exif pcntl mysqli
RUN docker-php-ext-configure gd --enable-gd --with-freetype=/usr/include/ --with-jpeg=/usr/include/
RUN docker-php-ext-install gd
RUN docker-php-ext-enable mysqli
# Install composer
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
# Add user for laravel application
RUN groupadd -g 1000 www
RUN useradd -u 1000 -ms /bin/bash -g www www
# Copy existing application directory contents
COPY . /var/www
# Copy existing application directory permissions
COPY --chown=www:www . /var/www
# Change current user to www
USER www
# Expose port 9000 and start php-fpm server
EXPOSE 9000
CMD ["php-fpm"]
I could not figure how to resolve. Any help is much appreciated.
Update
To remove the previous error I used 0 instead of $false
The modified the dockerfile is as below:
FROM php:7.4-fpm
# Copy composer.lock and composer.json
COPY composer.lock composer.json /var/www/
# Set working directory
WORKDIR /var/www
# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
build-essential \
libpng-dev \
libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
libfreetype6-dev \
libonig-dev \
locales \
libzip-dev \
zip \
jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle \
vim \
unzip \
git \
curl \
wget \
apt-utils
# Download the Microsoft repository GPG keys
RUN wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/10/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Register the Microsoft repository GPG keys
RUN dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Update the list of products
RUN apt-get update
# Install PowerShell
RUN apt-get install -y powershell
# Start PowerShell
#RUN pwsh
#Install VMWare PowerCLI
RUN pwsh -c "Save-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Path ~/"
RUN pwsh -c "Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser -Force"
RUN pwsh -c "Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP 0 -Confirm:0"
RUN pwsh -c "Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Confirm:0"
RUN pwsh -c "Get-Module -ListAvailable VMware.PowerCLI"
RUN pwsh -c "Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI"
Now the error is as follows:
Exception: VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView module is not currently supported on the Core edition of PowerShell.
ERROR: Service 'app' failed to build: The command '/bin/sh -c pwsh -c "Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI"' returned a non-zero code: 1

Answer 1

It seems without VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView and others' dependencies entire PowerCLI modules cannot be installed.
So, Instead of installing the entire PowerCLI and its dependant modules as a whole, I installed only required modules as:
RUN pwsh -Command Get-Module -ListAvailable VMware.VimAutomation.Core | Import-Module.
Alternatively, you can also use below to only import the modules you need. Thanks to Scepticalist:
RUN pwsh -Command 'Import-Module -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -Scope CurrentUser'
This solves the issue.